Kudos to The Right Scoop for posting this very disturbing story of a teacher and a student  having a discussion regarding President Obama and Mitt Romney on the subject of bullying. The conversation turned ugly very quickly:

This teacher is so far out of line I don’t know what to say. She is using her position of authority to stifle any discussion at all. She wants the topic to be that Mitt Romney is a bully and nothing else. If she chooses to have a discussion like this in her classroom, she has to allow the very legitimate point that President Obama admitted to pushing a girl in his own book. Now, if she wanted to make the point that they are different examples because of the age difference? Fine. Different because of circumstance? Fine. But she didn’t.

Her entire objective was to present a one-sided argument against Mitt Romney. She even made the case that the student could be arrested for voicing his opinion on the subject.

What is perhaps even more disturbing is that this woman is a social studies teacher who is obviously ignorant of the subject she is assigned to teach. Further, if you listened to the video, it is clear that this teacher is the one that escalated the incident. She began yelling and berating the student that brought up an opposing viewpoint. Nothing he said about President Obama was even disrespectful. He made a counter-argument and she went ballistic and even made outrageous claims that would be laughable if they weren’t such an indictment of her stupidity and political bias.

This woman has no place in the classroom. She is incapable of conducting a impartial class discussion and is woefully clueless about the subject she teaches. I think political discussion should be encouraged in our classrooms. However, they should only be conducted by those capable. This woman is not, and she has no business in the classroom.

(h/t @fran_chambers)

UPDATE: The North Rowan teacher involved in this incident has been suspended. From The Salisbury Post:

Rowan-Salisbury Schools officials suspended a North Rowan High School teacher Monday while investigating an incident caught on camera where the teacher told a student he could be arrested for speaking ill of President Barack Obama.

In a nearly 10-minute YouTube video shot by a student in the classroom, Tanya Dixon-Neely, a social studies teacher, told students criticism of the president could lead to jail time.

“Do you realize that people were arrested for saying things bad about Bush?” she said of former President Bush. “Do you realize you are not supposed to slander the president?”

Dixon-Neely has been suspended with pay, according to Rowan-Salisbury School System Spokeswoman Rita Foil.

I guess we’ll have to wait and see what happens with this one.

 
 

51 Comments

  1. Rose Marie Starce says:

    This was very difficult to listen to. I cannot believe that this particular woman still has a job. How can one even question why our young people are called “useful idiots” and why Obama, you know the one we’re not allowed to talk about, goes out of his way to “suck up” to these youngsters and apparently several adults whose IQ probably falls somewhere in the range of this woman’s.

  2. Bruce Smith says:

    This teacher needs to be removed, permanently, from the classroom. Just listen to her rants… in a classroom of all places. Her removal needs to be demanded, and swift.

  3. porcon says:

    Obama is running for office – same as Romney.

  4. harryj says:

    so who is she, what district is she employed by, and what is stopping those who find this disturbing from doing something about this and put pressure on her employer?

  5. Hamilton Davis says:

    This is absolutely shameful – unbelievable and confirms all our worst fears about the educational crises in the nation! This teacher should be fired, fired, fired…. The class is out of control, the teacher is out of control…. shocking.

  6. rob says:

    where did his tae place at?

  7. Doug Dever says:

    Oh wait, so a liberal is shutting down free speech and not being open minded to a different opinion. I’m shocked, shocked I tell you…

  8. Shelly Day says:

    This gal is out of control! She should be removed from teaching immediatly.

  9. This “woman” IS DUMBER than bag of rocks,AND should NEVER be allowed in classroom(as a teacher)!!!! The sad part about this whole thing IS that this is becoming more,& more prevelent with these left-wing(progressive)liberals who support this IDIOT Obama!!!!!!!!!!!!

  10. jim says:

    Sadly, it is next to impossible to fire a bad teacher.

  11. Lana Monteith says:

    another union member I’m sure, you couldn’t get this one fired if she’d comitted murder!!! They have finally dumbed down America to a level they must be proud of!!!! She needs to be put out to pasture and left at Acorns front door with the rest of the commies!!!!

  12. Elsie says:

    This is suppose to be something new? Teaching towards liberalism has been in the classrooms for years. Educationals teaching has been down for that long and liberal teachings up. This article should have stated where this was and who the teacher was so parents could handle this situation. Why wasn’t it if it was important enough to print?

  13. Ginger says:

    This woman is absolutely insane and shouldn’t be a teacher. For her to say that people were arrested for saying things about Bush she is dilustional. People will only be arrested for threatening the President. If she is a teacher and is allowed to fight with her students like this there is something wrong with the educational system.

  14. linda says:

    seems the kids r smarter then she is.

  15. alice says:

    Two words….home school.

  16. Heather W says:

    Many of us would like to know the state, school district, and school where this incident occurred. How can we learn this information?

  17. Becky says:

    As a fellow teacher this teacher is way out of line.

  18. Jennifer says:

    She is an IDIOT!!! People sometimes aren’t mirandized when they’re arrested?? Yeah, then they get off on a technicality! Obviously she sucks at teaching, her students were using bad words, and then she was too. Anyone know where this was?

  19. Jon Morris says:

    She is employed by the Salisbury-Rowan County, N.C. School System. Thier Phone # 704-636-8099

  20. killerbee32 says:

    The woman is not a teacher. She’s an idiot. The students have better command of the english language and more thoughtful sentences then she does by a long margin. How is a moron like this woman ever allowed to “teach” in a school of any kind?
    As for obama, he has practically ruined our country. He knows nothing, does nothing except play golf, basketball and go on campaign tours and vacations. He is certainly not a president.
    I cannot wait till he is thrown out of office. What a shame that we get the first balck president and iyt turns out to be this dope. Why couldn’t it have been someone with a brain like Condolezza Rice?

  21. deanne says:

    the teacher is disrespecting the students freedom of speech!!

  22. Kate says:

    my sons attended this school for a very short time after we moved here from NY, I pulled them out after a year. never cared for this school. They went on to get their GED’s as the school wouldn’t let them transfer anywhere. don’t get me wrong, not all of the teachers were horrible there, but within the last 2 years a couple of them were even arrested for inappropriate behavior with the students and are serving time…so glad this student got this on this teacher. I wish this teacher would have continued her rant on the Tea Party though…you know she would have had that all twisted as well. but she isn’t the only one in that school with that mentality! Liberalism is big in the class room, parents need to be aware of what’s going on!!! you can’t expect anything more from a liberal teacher, can you? they’ve been indoctrinated themselves and taught lies!

  23. greg tee says:

    what a moron no wonder we rank low in education fire her

  24. Paul says:

    Wow, she is very narrow minded…

  25. Eddy Gator says:

    What trash this is. A teacher has no right to do this to students. Teachers have no business demanding the students shut up. This teacher needs to be fired.

  26. Eddy Gator says:

    This teacher needs to be fired for this. Is this what teachers are trying to teach, that Obama is a great president? Get rid of her. She’s no good for the students or this country.

  27. Lost 123 says:

    What state and school is this Kate?? This needs attention ASAP!!

    How dare her to lash out at the students who have more brains than she will ever have!!

  28. Paul says:

    I don’t know where to start here! I’m a former Police Officer of 10 years. Her contention that not every person is read their Miranda Rights upon arrest shows her stupidity to the utmost. Miranda Rights are read before any questioning of a crime, it does not have to be read immediately upon arrest! ONLY before you are questioned about a crime! A lot of officers do read them at the time of arrest to get it out of the way, but it is not legally necessary to do so upon an arrest. As to the teacher wanting to control what her students are supposed to think, doesn’t surprise me. Obama himself has gone the history books and changed bibliographies of prior presidents to say how they were either like Obama or influenced by his perfect policies and economic intelligence.

  29. Kate says:

    North Rowan High School RSS District
    300 North Whitehead Avenue Spencer, NC 28159
    (704) 636-4420
    my sons went to school here for a very short time after we moved here from NY, pulled them out and they got their GED. I was not impressed with this school. There are other teachers there with this mentality there as well.

  30. Kate says:

    North Rowan High School RSS District
    300 North Whitehead Avenue Spencer, NC 28159
    (704) 636-4420
    my sons went to school here for a very short time after we moved here from NY, pulled them out and they got their GED. I was not impressed with this school. There are other teachers there with this mentality as well.

  31. Kristine says:

    This student is far more intellegent than this ranting teacher. It is clear that her students have no respect for her. I can see why.

  32. PJ Galleogs says:

    This is why we home school, we just could not understand any teachers promoting men like Obama, tellng my children he is, the next thing to God. No not my kids. She is fighting for her job. I am saying fire her. Tried of schools thinking they can brain wash and not teach kids.

  33. Dave says:

    First, she’s a nut job. Second, she has NO control over her classroom. Third, good for those students to QUESTION her.

    I am so glad my kids don’t go to that school. I’d probably spend more time in the office than they would.

  34. On the local newspaper site there is a story:

    http://www.salisburypost.com/News/051912-North-teacher-on-video-qcd

    There is a comment by someone who says they are the father of this boy and that this isn’t the first time, but that stuff like this happens every day. He has already removed his son from the school and enrolled him in another school.

    This woman is insane. After reading this story, but before opening up the Right Scoop, I told my husband “I wonder if this teacher is from Hoke County (NC)”.. I see that she’s not too far from there. The teachers in Hoke County.. at least many of those at East Hoke Middle School (including the principal) are in love with Obama as much as this loon is. So glad that my kids do not attend school there anymore.

  35. Blessed says:

    Wish we had the teachers name!!

  36. Debi Staples says:

    This person is not a teacher. She is a bigot, ignorant idiot
    She is not only refusing this.young man his.right to free speech, when questioned about the noise, she lied. It is everyone’s right to question the abilities of the person who is running our country, whether in office or running for office. Unfortunately not enough questions were asked before the last election. If the questions were asked, we sure didn’t hear the.true answers or he wouldn’t be in office in the first place.

  37. dmar003 says:

    Oh how I love liberal teachers, it just goes to shows that we should get better teachers for the education of our children.

  38. JD says:

    This is clearly not the school I went to, nor the Social Studies class I had. We are Americans. It is not only our right to question our leadership, it’s our responsibility! The fact that this teacher seems to want to stop a mind which is eager to share his views is a sign of someone who is not teaching, but forcing a veiw. Is this really what our education system has become? Did she really say that as a teacher it is her responsibilty to make sure nothing bad is said about a president past or present? Did she really tell that lie?
    Wow, I’ve begun to appreciate my time in the NJ education system much more. Thank you Mr. Beem for actually making SS fun. Not only teaching us our responsiblities as citizens, but guiding minds to a point that raises questions about our leadership and establishment to ensure that we are doing our part, as Americans, to make sure we remain the land of the free and home of the brave. Not just another country that is committed to keeping the status quo. Hmmm…wait a minute…

  39. americanfirst says:

    I agree. I want none of our children exposed to this blatantly leftist-socialist programming. The experience many of our school children are having today bares no resemblance to an honest education with the free exchange of ideas.
    This teacher and all teachers pulling anything even remotely resembling this crap need to be not only terminated but blacklisted (if need be) from any future positions of responsibility and/or persuasion.
    I am staunchly anti-socialist and I think we should ensure that socialism never gets a foothold in our United States.
    President Romney should make the Dept of Education and teachers indoctrinating our youth one of his top 5 issues.

  40. deanne says:

    ~AMEN~ JD, you hit the nail on the head!

  41. Kate says:

    http://www.salisburypost.com/News/052112-WEB-North-Rowan-teacher-suspended-qcd
    THIS TEACHER HAS BEEN SUSPENDED..BUT WITH PAY NO LESS….UGH!!!

  42. Kate says:

    ASK AND YOU SHALL RECEIVE: THE TEACHER WAS SUSPENDED, I AM ATTENDING A SCHOOL BOARD MEETING TONIGHT HERE IN SPENCER…THIS WILL BE A HOT TOPIC TONIGHT!
    http://www.salisburypost.com/News/052112-WEB-North-Rowan-teacher-suspended-qcd

  43. [...] What is perhaps even more disturbing is that this woman is a social studies teacher who is obviously ignorant of the subject she is assigned to teach. Further, if you listened to the video, it is clear that this teacher is the one that escalated the incident. She began yelling and berating the student that brought up an opposing viewpoint. Nothing he said about President Obama was even disrespectful. He made a counter-argument and she went ballistic and even made outrageous claims that would be laughable if they weren’t such an indictment of her stupidity and political bias…MORE AT THE RIGHT SPHERE [...]

  44. ann atkinson says:

    Tanyo Dixon-Neely sounds like a typical “affirmative actions” hiree for an inner city school. She is a good example of the results you get by picking “victim” favorites. Boot her out – and do it as loudly as she has done her evil deed. Kudos to the kids who stood up tothis Marxist type thug.

  45. sitting on a toilet says:

    WOW! THAT IS INSANE!!!! I ABSOLUTELY CANNOT BELIEVE IT!!!! WOW!!!! WHAT IS THE WORLD COMMING TO!!!???????????

  46. Rosco says:

    I find it hard to believe that she actually went to college and was able to pass, getting a degree. I am assuming that she wasn’t near the top of the class. She should not be allowed near a classroom. This is a perfect example of the bad side of tenure. Suspended with pay, paid vacation? Parents! You need to organize and set up a parent class auditing program. Every so often a parent will sit in a class and review the teacher. If you do not, you will have no idea of the bad things that may be happening in your school. Some teachers really do need their licenses revoked.

  47. This is a typpical example of the quality of the teachers that are in the classroom teaching our kids. These left wing liberals who spout off on their liberal agendas to indoctrinate our kids. We need to teach children from the old school instead of dumbing them down. This Country is outranked but at least 10 other Countries in te world and that is surely a sad state of affairs. this teacher should be fired immediately, but she won’t be because the thugs in the Teachers Union will keep her on no matter how she affects the students. It is really a shame, but parents need to take a real look at what is being taught to their kids on a daily basis. I live in Chicago, and our school system here cusks big time because of the Government interfering in every issue at every school. I went to a public school 50 years ago and the kids were smarter then that they are now. In this Country we outspend other Countries and a lot of kids cannot read by the time they are in 6th grade. What does that say about education and why is it allowed to go on. We need to stand up for our kids and our grandkids as they are the future of this Country. I shudder when I think about their futures, and where they will end up.

  48. jculve says:

    I am a high school teacher and I thought it was
    disgusting too! Our job as teachers is to get
    students to think for themselves and learn content-
    not brain wash them!

  49. Carol Totten says:

    Fire this woman!

  50. Tom says:

    The student who brought up the subject is obviously more educated than the teacher on laws and the rights of free speech. The young man also has far better communication and debate skills. He should be teaching the class instead of her.

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